See also http://www.noradiation.org/ Path: cs.mu.OZ.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.ou.edu!feed2.news.erols.com!erols!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.lafn.org!extra!not-for-mail From: ay903@extra.lafn.org (Recycled News) Newsgroups: talk.environment,sci.environment,alt.save.the.earth,alt.org.earth-first,alt.politics.greens Subject: major radiation symposium Date: 24 Jun 98 02:00:24 GMT Organization: Recycled News Lines: 142 Message-ID: <5d2_9806232141@extra.lafn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.16.17 X-Mailer: uka_ppp 1.52 Xref: cs.mu.OZ.AU talk.environment:115219 sci.environment:161010 alt.save.the.earth:36804 Symposium: "Recent Studies of Low-Level Radiation and Implications for Medicine and the Nuclear Industry" A Symposium entitled, "Recent Studies of Low-Level Radiation and Implications for Medicine and the Nuclear Industries," will be held at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York on the weekend of September 26 and 27, 1998. This promises to be an important medical event because this new data on low-level radiation is making obsolete the radiation standards derived from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki studies. The symposium has been organized by a group called "Standing for Truth About Radiation," (STAR), which is based on Long Island in New York. STAR's Vice-President is Helen Caldicott, M.D., the Founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, the group that organized the original symposia on the Medical Consequences of Nuclear War in the 1980s. The 2-day program will include talks by respected epidemiologists, physicians, scientists, and others, including Alice Stewart, Steven Wing, Greg Wilkinson, Richard Clapp, Tony Mazzochi, Arjun Makhijani, Steve Frishman, Diane D'Arrigo, Mary Olson, Jonathon Schell, and Admiral Gene Carroll. The Symposium will provide a forum for open debate and discussion, and possibly some resolution of the current regulatory dilemma. There will be a reception on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. Please contact STAR below for more information. E-mail: Info@noradiation.org Standing for Truth About Radiation PO Box 4206 Easthampton, NY 11937 Phone: (516)324-0655 Fax: (516)324-2203 Website: www.noradiaton.org SYMPOSIUM RECENT STUDIES OF LOW-LEVEL RADIATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICINE AND THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROGRAM Saturday, September 26, 1998 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration. 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Welcome, Moderator, Donald Louria, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School. "Potential Medical Consequences of Food Irradiation." 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Alice Stewart, M.D., FRCP, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham. "A Bomb Survivor: Reassessment of the Radiation Hazard." 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hal Morgenstern, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health. "Report of the Rocketdyne/Atomic Workers, Incidence of Malignancies." 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Morning Tea. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Eric Wright, Medical Research Council at Harwell, Oxfordshire. "Low-Dose Radiation and Genetic Damage." 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Steve Wing, Associate Professor, and David Richardson, Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "Radiation and Mortality among US Department of Energy Workers, with particular reference to Current Standards." 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion. 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch. 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Carrie Clark, Doctoral Candidate in History, SUNY Stony Brook. "Historical Perspectives on the Nuclear Weapons and Power Industries, with Particular Reference to Radiation Exposures." 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Jack Fix, Epidemiologist, Pacific Northwest National Lab. "Dosimetry Program at Hanford, Radiation Standards and National Radiation Registry." 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Greg Wilkinson, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Buffalo. "Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Effects of Alpha Radiation." 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Tea. 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Otto Raabe, President, Health Physics Society, Institute of Toxicology & Environmental Health. "Three dimensional Models of Radiation Risk." 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Richard Clapp, Associate Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Division. "Incidence of Malignancy in Populations Adjacent to the Pilgrim Nuclear Reactor." 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. -6:00 p.m Myron Pollycove, M.D. Professor Emeritus of Laboratory Medicine and Radiology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and Visiting Medical Fellow, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Human Biology. "Epidemiology and Low-Dose Radiation." Tony Mazzochi, Presidential Assistant, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers. Thurman Wenzl, Research Industrial Hygienist, NIOSH. "Impact of Recent Radiation Research on Adequacy of Standards and Guidelines-Response and Discussion." Discussion SYMPOSIUM RECENT STUDIES OF LOW-LEVEL RADIATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICINE AND THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROGRAM Sunday, September 27, 1998 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Moderator, Helen Caldicott, M.D., President Emeritus, Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Fallout Studies." 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Arjun Makhijani, President of Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. "Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production and Testing." 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Bernie Goldstein, Chair, Environmental and Community Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. "CRESP: A Stakeholder Based Approach to Risk Assessment for Radionuclide Contamination at DOE Sites." 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Morning Tea. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Senior Associate Radioactive Waste Management Associates. "Mobile Chernobyl, Casks Temperatures, Volatility and Isotopes." 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Steve Frishman, Geologist, Technical Policy Coordinator, Nevada Agency on Nuclear Projects. "Political and Technical Strategies re: Yucca Mountain." Don Hancock, Director Nuclear Waste Safety Program, Southwest Research and Information Institute, Albuquerque. "Carlsbad and Transuranic Waste." 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Diane D'Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). "Below Regulatory Concern and Radioactive Metal Recycling." Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service. "MOX Fuel and Food Irradiation." 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion. 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch. 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. William Arkin, Consultant to the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Post Cold War Nuclear Weapons, Stewardship and Counterproliferation." 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Jonathan Schell, Author, The Fate Of the Earth. "The Case for Abolition." 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea. 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Admiral Gene Carroll, Deputy Director, Center for Defense Information. "The Military Route to Abolition of Nuclear Weapons." 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Helen Caldicott, M.D., President Emeritus, Physicians for Social Responsibility. Summary and Closing.